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not even once

not even once interjection: expressing complete rejection or aversion; no way.

Interjection

  1. (Internet) Expressing complete rejection or aversion; no way.

Origin of not even once

Slogan of an anti-drugs campaign, i.e. one should not even try drugs once.

Questions about not even once

What does not even once mean?
Not even once means expressing complete rejection or aversion; no way.
What part of speech is not even once?
Not even once is an interjection.

Words near not even once in the dictionary

  1. not enough room to swing a cat
  2. not enough to hang a dog on
  3. not equal sign
  4. not equal signs
  5. not even
  6. not even once
  7. not even one
  8. not even wrong
  9. not exactly
  10. not feeling it
  11. not for

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